Quick Analytics

As mentioned in an earlier post, sneak-o-scope is dead due to opensocial templates. However, the work done with sneak-o-scope could be used to build a simple analytics system. The system could be used for

Know how many of your twitter followers actually click a link you post

Track down that stalker who sends me disgusting scraps on Orkut

Know how many times my thread has been viewed in a forum

Tracking if a friend really clicked on a page send over the IM to him

Track how far an email travels, who view it, etc.

Hence, the requirements for the system should be

Require no registration, should be as simple as TinyUrl

Give a url that redirects to the original page, to an image or open a 1x1 transparent png.

Show easy to understand analytics

Send emails when someone is tracked

Allow to have the analytics private

I am still working on the UI to keep it as simple as possible, so if you have suggestions, please do write in. I would also appretiate a name for the project.